started going after hezbollah sites in lebanon. similarly, as russia decided to get more deeply involved in syria. this claim of isil in the sinai that they're now going after russia to punish them for that is something that we have to take seriously. because we've seen it happen before. we don't have the definitive answer on the russian plane incident, but the signs are looking more and more likely that it was a bomb. >> senator, i've been watching you and reading senator feinstein and adam shif, two democrats who are kerpd that we're not taking the fight to the true enemy. that enemy is isil, isis, whatever you want to call it. 55 guys on the ground won't do it. what is the administration saying when you ask them for a strategy? >> well, great question. we're having two more hearings today in the foreign relations committee on this subject. i think the strategy in iraq is pretty clear. whether it's succeeding or not and when you think of it is